#4E39AE#4E39AE

#4E39AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.177 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39AE
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 40.71, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 72.12, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.045 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.177 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2427, 7.6013, 40.8583)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.61

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39AE #99AE39

analogous

#395FAE #4E39AE #8839AE

triadic

#4E39AE #AE4E39 #39AE4E

tetradic

#4E39AE #AE395F #99AE39 #39AE88

square

#4E39AE #AE395F #99AE39 #39AE88

split-complementary

#4E39AE #AE8839 #5FAE39

monochromatic

#251B52 #392A80 #4E39AE #6F5BC9 #9789D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#4E39AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E39AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39AE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39AE	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.177 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c7',
    500: '#4e39ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39ae;
$custom-light: #8971c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44105,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39AE

secondary

#B7C380

accent

#DA4EC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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